Asian Pasta Salad

Submitted by lauralie41

"Vegetarian Recipes From Around The World website, courtesy of Karen C. Greenlee - greenlee@bellsouth.net, is where this easy and quick pasta salad can be found. The recipe will also be included in the Zaar World Tour 2005 swap, Asian tour"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4

ingredients

8 ounces dry linguine
3 cups broccoli florets
12 cherry tomatoes (halved)
4 green onions (sliced)
2 large carrots (sliced diagonally)
¹⁄₄ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame seeds (toasted)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons dark sesame oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¹⁄₄ teaspoon hot sauce
2 garlic cloves (minced)

directions

In large pot with boiling water, cook pasta.
Drain, rinse pasta with cold water and let drain again. Place pasta in a large salad bowl, add broccoli, next 3 ingredients and toss well.
In a small bowl or jar with lid, combine soy sauce and remaining 6 ingredients. Whisk together or cover tightly and shake vigorously. Pour mixture over pasta and toss gently.

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Reviews

dh loved this salad! being the end of summer, i was tired of making the same old thing: macaroni salad or italian pasta salad. this has a great asian flavor. i did read the reviews and so added/omitted some things: i added more noodles by half (so glad i did; but also increased the sauce by half as well, glad i did this, too), added 3/4 tsp red pepper flakes instead of the hot sauce (great flavor, but spicy, maybe use less), and added approx 1/2 tsp ground ginger. i didn't blanch or steam the veggies, as others suggested; but instead stir-fried the veggies (it's an asian salad...right?!) and loved that. finally, i think i might try crushed peanuts instead of sesame seeds next time. i think it would add a great flavor (where the sesame seeds did not add much).

gnet9820
I really enjoyed the Asian flavor of this salad, I made this salad with Ingredients that I had on hand. Frozen broccoli and spinach that I blanched first, yellow onions and minced garlic that I Sautéed first and used only a ?pinch? of grated ginger no sesame seeds and I will increase the amount of lemon and tomatoes next time. Most of other reviews said to increase the amount of dressing which I will do also next time. I generally use recipes as a guide and this one is no exception, thanks for posting I will do this salad again.

Bibi
Yum...loved it! Added more veggies and doubled the dressing. great the first night, but even better as it aged.

mickie49
This was wonderful and everyone loved it, i also increased the sauce

lindaversluis
Really nice! Easy and delicious. Highly recommend!

lboos

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dh loved this salad! being the end of summer, i was tired of making the same old thing: macaroni salad or italian pasta salad. this has a great asian flavor. i did read the reviews and so added/omitted some things: i added more noodles by half (so glad i did; but also increased the sauce by half as well, glad i did this, too), added 3/4 tsp red pepper flakes instead of the hot sauce (great flavor, but spicy, maybe use less), and added approx 1/2 tsp ground ginger. i didn't blanch or steam the veggies, as others suggested; but instead stir-fried the veggies (it's an asian salad...right?!) and loved that. finally, i think i might try crushed peanuts instead of sesame seeds next time. i think it would add a great flavor (where the sesame seeds did not add much).

gnet9820
I didn't have any sesame seeds, and subbed 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper for the hot sauce, and this was hands-down the best pasta salad I've ever had. The extra zing in the dressubg even got many of the family members to eat broccoli! I may reduce the amount of veggies by a quarter next time, though, because the pasta lovers were put off by how little of it there was in comparison.

SAHS7930
Very nice flavor combination. I think I liked this better than my guest did. I made as directed except used whole wheat spaghetti in place of the linguine because that is what I had. I served this with recipe #68955, which surprisingly went very well together. I may make a little more dressing next time. I made the dressing and let it sit for about 4 hours before serving. Thanks

Nimz_
I reallly loved the flavors of this salad, which get better after a day or two. I used angel hair pasta (a personal preference), chopped tomatoes (what I had) and olive oil in place of the sesame oil. I will make this again. Thanks for posting Lauralie. Sue

SweetSueAl